He only stopped using crutches in early January before starting light workouts and eventually joining the rest of the squad in training.
When Jones' tenacity earned him the right to pass to Crooks with 18 minutes remaining, the former Rotherham man controlled before side-footing beyond Dieng.
He remembers Paul Ince's breakthrough against Liverpool. He scored two goals and was a revelation. He speaks fondly of Cottee's debut at 17.
Kenny Shiels retains the support of the Irish FA and his position as manager did not come under threat following his controversial comments about women being more emotional than men, according to Angela Platt, Northern Ireland's director of women's football.
After injuries interrupted Partey’s first season with the Gunners following a £45 million transfer, inconsistency has been his biggest problem this campaign. While the Ghana international has made the Gunners more defensively solid, he has struggled to make an impact going forward.
It led to a much more evenly contested second half with both Salah and Jota going close for the away side while Raheem Sterling had a goal correctly chalked off for offside by VAR.
The hosts were then awarded a penalty in the 57th minute, as Martinez’s shot cannoned off the arm of Spezia debutant Jakub Kiwior in the box. The Argentinian made no mistake from the resulting spot kick, placing it into the bottom left corner to double Inter’s advantage.
Perhaps that process has already started, since statistics suggest the Gunners are less reliant on Aubameyang than they once were.
Now Moyes is fielding questions about whether he would like to play Barcelona in the next round of the Europa League - and can say, with a straight face, a lot of teams will be worried about playing us instead.
For me, there shouldn't be any pressure on Rodgers at Leicester. I can't remember the last time they all played together.
I think if the referee gives a free-kick and a yellow card, I don't think it gets ramped up and thrown to the VAR like it was.
Mauricio Pochettino looked fed up, hands in his pockets and frowning deeply throughout much of Paris Saint-Germain’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester City on Wednesday night.
Nigeria have called up Peter Olayinka from Czech club Slavia Prague and Olympiakos winger Henry Onyekuru to replace the two forwards while Semi Ajayi from Championship club West Bromwich Albion and Tyrone Ebuehi, who pays at Venezia in Serie A, come in as defenders.
Birmingham have picked up one point from 10 games so far this season The Blues remain without a win in the WSL and are bottom of the table.
His entrance was understated. He didn’t join his team for their warm-up, as Klopp always does, instead emerging behind his players a couple of minutes before kick off.
Fighting neck-and-neck with both Manchester City and Chelsea in the Premier League, Liverpool are unsurprisingly close behind at 7/1 (8.0) in the FA Cup betting stakes. Jurgen Klopp has been accused of not taking this competition seriously enough in the past, having never gone beyond the fifth round in his six seasons on Merseyside. With less squad depth at his disposal than Guardiola and Tuchel, the German has usually focused his resources on success in the Champions League and Premier League. Nevertheless, the Reds would no doubt love to see this trophy return to Anfield for the first time since 2006.
He has been recovering from a calf injury but is in the squad that travelled to Manchester for the heavyweight Group A encounter.
We should have won and if we'd more composure and people had been stronger in their intent, we would have done. What's next?
Kai Havertz slalomed down the left flank before clipping the post with a deft finish, as Chelsea continued to press for goals in the early stages of the second half.
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It is understood United and PSG spoke through intermediaries earlier in the week where it was made clear the French side would not let their manager leave straightaway. There has been no official contact or offers between the two clubs.
I told him that by doing that, he was making me suffer. I said, 'Put me on earlier, I can make the difference then too!'
Left-back: Alex Cochrane (Hearts) - 7.53 rating The second Hearts player in the XI rounds off the defence.
Tottenham have the opportunity to make it two wins on the bounce when they face Newcastle at St James Park on Sunday, live on Sky Sports Premier League.
Will Jude Bellingham or Mason Greenwood return to the England fold? Could Jadon Sancho miss out and Emile Smith Rowe get a call-up?
The Covid-19 pandemic has continued to rage on worldwide, and the more infectious Omicron variant of the virus has massively thrown the Premier League schedule in disarray.
It is five clean sheets in seven Premier League matches for Arteta and his players, and with Ben White restored alongside Gabriel that partnership looks particularly strong.
Arsenal were crowned First Division champions, their second title in three seasons under manager George Graham.
We had some accelerations with Mason from midfield but nobody was joining. It felt stuck. We controlled the game but could not find spaces.
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A statement from Newcastle said: A number of players and staff members have returned positive results during routine PCR tests in recent days, while several players have suffered injuries during an extremely busy period of fixtures.
Joe's primary position is to play as a number nine and this is also Bamford's natural position, he adds.
